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FIG. G2a. Under surface of Harpalus, 

 a ground-beetle. After Le Conte. 

 , ligula ; b, paraglossse; c, supports 

 of labial palp 1 ; d, labial palp ; e, men- 

 turn ; /, inner lobe of maxilla ; g, 

 outer lobe of maxilla ; h, maxillary 

 palp ; i, mandible ; k, buccal open- 

 ing ; I, gula or throat ; mm, buccal 

 sutures ; o, prosternum ; p f , epister- 

 num of prothorax ; p, epimeron of 

 prothorax; q, q f , q", coxae; r, r f , r", 

 trochanters ; s, .',', s ff , femora or 

 thighs; t, t', t", tibiae ; v, v 2 , v 3 , etc., 

 ventral abdominal segments; w, 

 episterna of mesothorax (the epim- 

 eron just behind it) ; x, meso- 

 sternum ; ?/, episternum of meta- 

 thorax ; y f , epimeron of metathorax ; 

 z, mctasternum. 



1 '1 he leader should run to base of labial 

 palp, d. 



FIG. 62&. Upper 

 surface of Necro- 

 phorus, a carrion 

 beetle. After Le Conte. a, 

 mandible ; 6, maxillary palp ; 

 c, labrum 1 ; d, epistome ; e, 

 antenna; g. vertex of head; 

 h, back of head; i, neck; 

 ^prothorax; m, elytron; ??, 

 wing or hind wing ; o, scutel- 

 lum (of mesothorax) ; p, dor- 

 sal surface of metathorax ; q, 

 femur or thigh ; r, r 2 , r 3 , etc., 

 dorsal abdominal segments; 

 s, s' 2 , -s 3 , etc., spiracle openings 

 or stigmata; t, t f , t ', tibise ; 

 v, tibial spurs; w, tarsi. 



1 The leader should run to the V-shaped piece in 

 front of d. 



